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CONDITIONS TO BE OBSERVED IN EXTRACTION. 385

as the immediate surrounding tissues, the salivary
glands, and the throat, is a circumstance admonishing

to great caution in the extraction of teeth, especially
when such condition does not depend on the teeth
for its exciting cause or modifying influence. It is,
however, very generally the case, when any of the
parts having an intimate relation with the teeth,
become in any way affected, diseased teeth will exer-
cise an injurious influence on them. If the necessity
for the removal of the offending tooth is not too urgent,

the parts that may be diseased about it, should be
brought to as good a condition as possible.
Pregnancy and uterine irritation frequently pro-
duce strong sympathetic influences on the teeth, and
especially on those which are in an irritable condi-
tion : even sound teeth may be thus affected, so as to
occasion great annoyance. Such teeth are frequently
presented for extraction; but these cases should
always be thoroughly examined before deciding as to

the propriety of an operation. As a consequence of
this sympathetic connection between the teeth and
the uterus, the latter, when in an irritable condition,
is very liable to be affected by any special violence
to the former. In many cases, under such circum-
stances, the extraction of a tooth is attended with
pain in the uterus; and in cases of pregnancy, whore
there is debility of the parts involved, abortion is